Metallic vehicle-wheel.



No. 679,522. Patented luly 30, |90I. E. D. WASSELL:

METALLIC VEHICLE WHEEL.

(Applicltion Bled Hay 17, 1900. Renewed Dec. 27, 1900.)

(No Model.)

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN D. lWASSELL, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO ANN ISABELLVASSELL, OF SAME PLACE.

METALLIC VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SEECIFATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,522, dated July 30,1901. Application filed May 17, 1900. Renewed December 27,1900. SerialNo. 41,213. (No model.)

To (LZI/ whom it may con/cerro.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN D. VVASSELL, a citizen of the United-States,residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMetallic Vehicle- Vheels; and l do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

y invention relates to vehicle-wheels, has especial reference tometallic wheels, and has for its object certain improvements inconstruction which will be fully disclosed in the followingspecification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a verticallongitudinal section of inyimproved wheel,the spokes and the lower half of the hub being shown in side elevation;Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of one section of the hub; Fig. 3, a likeview of the opposite section of the hub; Fig. ai, an enlarged sideelevation of a section of the felly and tire; Fig. 5, a vertical sectionof the felly; Fig. 6, a side elevation of the axle-box, and Fig. 7 anend or plan View thereof.

Reference being had to the drawings and the numerals thereon, 1indicates the outer section of the hub, which is provided with aninternally-screw-threaded extension 2, a concentric lange 3, which formsone end or wall of the spoke-chamber, and with an annular seat 4.

5 is the inner section ofthe hub, having an externally-screw-threadedextension G, a tubular sleeve 7, integral therewith, joined to theconcentric Hange 8, which forms the opposite end or wall of thespoke-chamber, and with oppositely-extending concentric projections S)10, the former engaging the seat 4. in section 1 and the latter engagingan annular seat l1 in the axle-box 12 and by whichthe outer end of theaxle-box is supported concentrically in the hub, and a collar 50, whichengages the flanges or end 3 of the spokechamber 1G, and on the extremeinner end of the section 5 is an annular seat 13 to receive the collar1l on the inner end of the axle-box,

and adjacent thereto is a concentric collar 15, against which the collar14. rests, as shown in Fig. 1.

The spokechamber 16 is filled with wood, vulcanized rubber, or othersuitable material 17, which engages the inner ends ot' the spokes 1Swithin the spoke-chamber, and the spokes extend through the innerconcentric wall 19 of the spoke-chamber and engage Vgrooves 2O in theaxle-box, thus securing the spokes in the hub and preventing theaxlevbox turning in the hub.

The axle-box 12 is thickened or reinforced at 21, so that its peripheryengages the inside of the wall 19 of the spoke-chamber and makes a rigidhub, the end thrust of the spokes being sustained by the spindle 22 ofthe axle 23.

The spindle 22 is provided with a uut 24, having a flange 25, whichengages the outer end of the axle-box and the projection 10 on thesleeve 7 and secures the wheel on the axle.

The outer end of the spokes 18 is corrugated at 26 and is secured in thefelly 27 by means of a felly spoke-box 2S, in which the spoke isembedded in rubber or soft metal 29, preference being given to theformer, and to brace the felly spoke-boxes and impart rigidity to thefelly a capping 30, of wood, is interposed between the felly spoke-boxeswith their ends abutting in the center of the boxes, as shown in Fig. 4,or the capping may be made in one piece to extend around the telly.

The capping 30 is within the telly and is provided with a concave outersurface to receive a steel tire 31, concave-convex in transversesection, which in turn is surrounded by a rubber tire 32, seated andsecured in the metal tire 31, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. Avehicle-wheel having a hub made in two sections connected byinwardly-extending screw-threaded members, and having a spoke-chamberformed within said members at the adjacent ends of said sections; incombination with spokes extending into said chambers.

2. A vehicle-wheel having a hub made in two sections connected byinwardly-extended IOO and overlapping screw-threaded members, and havinga Vspoke-chamber formed Within said members at the adjacent ends of saidsections; in combination with spokes-extending into said chambers.

V3. A vehicle-wheel having a hub-made in two sections connected byscrew-threaded extensions, and having an annular spoke-chainber formedby the walls ofsaid section, and

a sleeve; in combination with spokes eXtend-' f two sections connectedby screw-threaded eX- ing through said chamber into said sleeve.

4. A vehicle-Wheel having a hub made in two sections connected byscrew-'threaded extensions, and havinga spoke-chamber formed. in theadjacent end of said sections; in combination with spokes extending intosaid chamber, and an axle-box having longitudi.

-nalgrooves with which said spokes engage.

5. A vehicle-wheel having a hub made in two sectionsconnected byinwardly-extended screwthreaded members and having a spokechamber formedwithin said members at the adjacent ends'of said sections; incombination with spokes extending into said charnber, and a suitableilling in the chamber surrounding the inner ends of the spokes.

(i. A vehicle-wheel having a hub made in two sections connected byscrew-threaded extensions and having a spokechamber formed in theadjacent ends of said sections; in coinbination with spokes extendinginto said' chamber, a suitable filling in the chamber surrounding theinner ends of the spokes, and an axle-box having longitudinal grooveswith which the spokes engage.

'7. vA vehicle-wheel having a hub made in berformedby the walls of saidsections and a'sleeve on one section extendinginto the op positesection; in combination 'with spokesI extending into said chamber and anaxle-boxI whose ends lare engaged by one ofthe hub-- sections.

8. A vehicle-wheel having a hnb made ini two sections connected byscrew-threaded extensions and one of the sect-ions provided withl meansfor supporting an axle-box; in combination with an axle-box.

9. A vehicle-wheel having a hub made in two sections connected byscrew-threaded extensions, one of the sections having a sleeve thereonand extending into the opposite section, and-the latter section having aseat for the end of said sleeve; in combination with an axle-box.

10. A vehicle-wheel having a hub made in tensions, one of the sectionshaving a sleeve thereon provided with a concentric bearing at its freeend and an annular bearing at the opposite end of the section, and theopposite section having a seat for the end of said sleeve; incombination with an axle-box engaging both ends of one of saidhub-sections. 1l. A vehicle-wheel having a hub made 1n v two sectionsconnectedby screw-threaded extensions, one of said extensions having abearing at each end to receive an axle-box; in combination with anaxle-box having bearings at each end engaging the bearings on theaforesaid section.

12. A vehicle-wheel having a hub made in two sections, one of which isprovided with a sleeve extending into the opposite section and supportsan axle-box; in 'combination with an axle-box, and a spindle having anut engaging the end of said sleeve and the inner `end of the axle-box.

13. Avehicle-wheel having a felly and felly :spoke-boxes, and bracesbetween said boxes; `in combination with a tire surrounding said felly,and feily spoke-boxes and braces.

two-sections connected by screw-threaded eX-` tensionsand having anannular spokecham 1t. A vehicle-wheel having a feliy and telly Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN D. WASSELL. Witnesses:

H. E. SEIBERT, M. B. LAYToN.

